grimy

[grahy-mee]

adjective

grimier, grimiest 

1. covered with grime; dirty.

   I shook his grimy hand.

Other Word Forms

• grimily adverb
• griminess noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grimy¹

First recorded in 1605–15; grime + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Other times, he was packed into grimy cells with other men.

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I was more than a little impressed, especially when it occurred to me that Nathaniel’s grimy, smudged violin was missing two of the four strings.

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“Vanity” is Isabella’s second full-length record in three years, following her grimy, neoperreo debut, “Amor Hardcore.”

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"I was really very excited to be in the Republican palace," one soldier told me as we walked down the grimy red carpet.

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He was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires smolder, drug users gather day and night, and death lurks.

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• dingy 
• filthy 
• grubby 
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